Arkansas worked in shorts, helmets and shoulder pads Wednesday afternoon, mostly working on polishing the gameplan, in the second-to-last practice before taking on No. 6 Southern Cal Saturday night in Fayetteville (Ark.)

Arkansas coach Houston Nutt was pleased with the intensity the players have shown all week.

"I thought our guys moved around very well, and they know it's close now," Nutt said. "There's no hiding that, and intensity has been very good, and that's the way it should be. It's your first game, it's your opening game, right here in your home stadium, and a lot of guys are excited. So, just keep on polishing and keep working for the next couple of days."